Kamauliwahine
Kamauliwahine (Hawaiian language: wahine = "woman") was Aliʻi Nui of Molokai. She ruled as a Queen regnant of the Hawaiian island of Molokai.[1]
| Kamauliwahine | |
|---|---|
| Aliʻi Nui of Molokai | |
| Predecessor | Kapauanuakea |
| Successor | Hualani |
| Spouse | Laniaiku |
| Issue | Hualani |
| Father | Lanileo |
| Mother | Kapauanuakea |
Life
Kamauliwahine was the only known child of Chief Lanileo and Chiefess Kapauanuakea of Molokaʻi.
Through her mother, she was the great-granddaughter of Kamauaua, first sovereign lord of Molokaʻi and the great-great-granddaughter of Maweke, the blue blood Aliʻi of Oahu.
Her family, according to the myth, descends from Nanaulu, the 14th generation descendant of the god Wākea, of the first migration to Hawaii in the 6th century.[2]
She succeeded her mother in the dignity of Aliʻi Nui, after her death.
Her daughter was the noted Hualani, and she inherited the monarchy after her motherʻs death. Father of this Hualani was husband of Kamauliwahine called Laniaiku.
References
- Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History. Vol. 6.
- Kalākaua, His Hawaiian Majesty. The Legends And Myths of Hawaii: The Fable and Folk-lore of a Strange People. Tokyo, Japan: Charles E. Tuttle Company Inc. of Rutland, Vermont & Tokyo Japan, 1972.
- Abraham Fornander, An Account of the Polynesian Race: Its Origin and Migrations, Rutland, VT: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1969.
| Preceded by Kapauanuakea |
Chiefess of Molokai | Succeeded by Hualani |